The bell in the church tower was originally the ship's bell removed from the shipwreck of the County of Roxburgh which was shipwrecked on Takaroa February 6, 1906. See the hull of the ship lying on the beach northeast of Teavaroa.

300" steel hull remains of the County of Roxburgh

The anchor of a shipwreck becomes an enormous lawn ornament

This photo was taken February 2006 on the 100th anniversary of the shipwreck by the great grandaughter of the ship's captain